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$30.00 • £24.95 • €27.00
ISBN 9780674025530
Publication Date: 10/30/2007
Pamela Walker Laird is Professor of History at the University of Colorado Denver.
Lost in Translation: Reclaiming Lost Language
In Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self, Julie Sedivy sets out to understand the science of language loss and the potential for renewal. Sedivy takes on the psychological and social world of multilingualism, exploring the human brain’s capacity to learn—and forget—languages at various stages of life. She argues that the struggle to remain connected to an ancestral language and culture is a site of common ground: people from all backgrounds can recognize the crucial role of language in forming a sense of self. …
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